I don’t notice that the ball is not completely clean. My cue ball gets quite a few blue marks on it because I use kamui and when it comes out they are all off of it. I used 1 drop of aramith cleaner on each ball.
Would love to buy a diamond pool ball cleaner
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Too much!
Thanks, man!
Here is another vote for Amazon. I got their better version with aluminum replacing some of the plastic parts. My wife needed to get me a birthday present in that price range, because we limit spending on birthdays. $235, and same as the cheap version in principle. I put my Centennials in there that I had been hand cleaning. I did them by hand, because the cleaning machine at my local pool hall never got them very clean, and commented that Centennials were notoriously hard to clean. I gave them a spray of aramith cleaner and alcohol mixed 1 part cleaner to 8 parts alcohol. To my shock they came out spotless and shiny. I did wipe them with a microfiber cloth when done, but really didn’t need to.They apparently make enough contact with the felt cups, that no part of the ball gets missed. I am officially impressed.
That thing looks like it was made to go with pool table. That and the pool light he made our amazing craftsmanship!
Someone actually took his pics and tried to scam people on marketplace it was so good lol
I just went through and cleaned all the sets I had that I use a bucket cleaner on before and the centenials came out amazing and I bet they are at least 20 years old and out of all my sets have been used the most.
Too much!
Yep - Heath told me 1 drop on one ball, and another one on the ball directly across from it, and that's it.
I put them in the machine and let them spin, then three drops of aramith for 8 balls.
Diamond single platter andpads did go gunkish after about a year and a half.
Another of its strengths. I've never seen a polisher that tumbles the balls as well as the Ballstar does.
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Did you need to accommodate tensioning the belt?
Since I have the motor and wood I decided to buy parts in batches to make sure things work out before I go any deeper. First things I got included the pillow block bearings and a 1/2 ss rod. I figure the first thing I'd be checking is if the rod fits in the bearing and of course it didn't.
I've deal a lot with fitting aluminum pulleys on motor shafts. Hit the pully with a heat gun and it slips right on. Did your's slip on or did you need to freeze the rod, heat the pully etc. Any advice appreciated.
Slipped right in. Do you have a set of calipers? One of them is undersized/oversized. Where did you buy the stuff from?
These are the bearings I bought.
This is the rod.
These are the two I bought, I'll have to put some calipers on them, see which one is the culprit. Maybe I'll return them and order the ones you have there, might have better luck.
Thanks
You are going to have a tough time mounting/aligning the square flange bearings. Do they have set screws? Hard to sell from the pic.
That's a good point, another reason to return them. Thanks
Don't you think a motor with a speed control connected directly to the platter (without the pulley/belt) would make all this a lot simpler? A DC motor (like used in electric scooters) with a VFD would be quite a bit cheaper, too.
Probably, but I do think once you have this motor with the correct pulleys set up and running at the right speed it will be a more reliable setup, less electronics to break etc.